About this event

The first European feature film ever shot in Cambodia, Marcel Camus' Bird of Paradise (1962, 95 min) follows Sok, a young and imaginative boy who leaves the Buddhist monkhood in search of a more adventurous life, guided toward Phnom Penh's Royal Palace by a bird of paradise given to him by the friendly fortune-teller Tith. Along the way, the film captures a stream of striking imagery - dragon boat races, chanting monks, festivals, children at play, a kickboxing match, quiet rickshaw-lined streets, a theatrical retelling of the Rama and Sita legend, and finally a visit to the grandeur of Angkor Wat, all woven into a spiritual meditation on culture, myth, Buddhism, death and reincarnation. English subs. Free entrance.